The Impressions :: This Is My Country

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“People Get Ready” was a vessel for the zeitgeist of the Civil Rights Movement. The Impressions’ earnest, glowing harmonizer made a perfect anthem, thanks to a sing-a-long chorus and a positive, be-gospeled message: a fair shake is on it’s way because there’s a train a-comin’. A simple, powerful, beautiful song.

Curtis Mayfield wrote that song in 1964, but as the decade progressed, his songwriting grew more focused and aggressive… less a prayer, more a message. The richly textured, “vocal group” sound . . .

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 220: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Ramones - 53rd & 3rd ++ Mission Of Burma - New Disco ++ Guided By Voices - Captain's Dead ++ The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste The Floor ++ Joy Division - Day Of The Lords ++ Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight ++ Pure X - Twisted Mirror ++ The Cure - Screw ++ Fugazi - Lusty Scripps ++ Ty Segall . . .

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Grateful Dead :: Hard To Handle (Also, AD + Rhinofy)

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It had been many years, but a couple of weeks back upon (re)hearing the 'jam' section, i.e. the latter 3/4, of the Dead's 1971 live interpretation of Otis Redding's infallible R&B staple "Hard To Handle", my reaction was something akin to 'fucckkkk' or 'holy shit!' Eloquent? No, but emotion rarely is in my experience. And that's music for you.

Anyway, speaking of the Dead, I just partnered with Rhino Records -- in short I . . .

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Bob Dylan :: Every Grain Of Sand

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"That was an inspired song that came to me. I felt like I was just putting down words that were coming from somewhere else, and I just suck it out." Dylan of the genesis of "Every Grain Of Sand"

"'Every Grain of Sand' is the most Leonard Cohen song Bob Dylan ever wrote." My friend John made that statement yesterday and, if forced to compare the two artists work, I'd have to agree. Among other notables the track holds the dubious honor of acting as a sort of saving grace (dig that . . .

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Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Six (British R&B And Back Again)

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(Welcome to the sixth installment of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, will be sharing some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond. — AD)

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My Bloody Valentine :: Loveless (20th Anniversary)

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(Released in November of 1991, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless turns 20 this month. Below Scott McDonald reflects on his enduring relationship with the classic record. - AD)

Remember your first concert? I do, and I have some slight hearing loss in my left ear because of it. An old and very close friend of mine and I had the opportunity to see My Bloody Valentine during the early winter of 1992 as the band toured for become a member or log in.

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Deerhunter :: Cool (Pylon Cover)

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I played this cover the other night while DJing the Real Estate show here in LA. As the crowd was (mostly) early-mid twenties I was not surprised when a number of folks inquired as to the song's origin (Bradford Cox's voice and vocal tics are immediately recognizable to the converted). What did surprise me were the blank looks I received when they learned it was a Pylon cover (Pylon?), especially in light of the recent DFA reissues. In hindsight . . .

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The Winged Beatle :: The Movie

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"I buried Paul"....yada, yada. The lengths of which fans have gone in regard to Paul McCartney's supposed 1966 death and replacement (Billy Shears, anyone?) have long bordered on the obsessive. Here we have the the most recent entry, The Winged Beatle -- an hour long look into the alleged cover-up/conspiracy. Good fun for Macca fans and/or regular Coast To Coast AM listeners.

The documentary, in its entirety, after the jump.

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SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.

SIRIUS 219: Jean Michel Bernard — Generique Stephane ++ Fugazi - Lusty Scripps ++ The Soft Moon - Total Decay ++ Gary Numan - Metal ++ Portishead - Machine Gun ++ Deerhunter - Cool (Pylon Cover) ++ Atlas Sound - Amplifiers ++ Broadcast - Long Was The Year ++ My Bloody Valentine - Loomer ++ No Joy - Heedless ++ Tamaryn - Sandstone ++ Weekend - Sweet Sixteen ++ Abe Vigoda - Dream Of My love (Chasing . . .

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Emerald Web :: Dragon Wings And Wizard Tales

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Emerald Web was the wind-playing electronic duo of Kat Epple and Bob Stohl. Although they'd become better known for their work scoring nature documentaries (including many collaborations with Carl Sagan), Emerald Web's 1979 debut was a milestone in electronic psychedelia rooted in the prog of the mid 70s, foreshadowing much of what would come in the early 80s.

Dragon Wings and Wizard Tales . . .

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The Twin Peaks Archives :: Volumes I & II

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With a solid twenty years under its belt, various art installations, DVD releases, and the widespread availability of the series via Netflix streaming, the cult that is Twin Peaks fandom has never been larger -- or louder. It would be an understatement to say this is a very different landscape from the days of shoddy, dubbed, VHS copies and the Geocities-esque fansites in . . .

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Sevens :: Guided By Voices – The Unsinkable Fats Domino

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(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)

I’m not sure who you trust, but I hope it’s not a musician. Chalk Robert Pollard’s Guided By Voices up as the latest group to renege on their promise not to reunite, not to tour, and not to record as their original (or, in the case of GBV, “classic”) lineup.

But if this is what being lied to sounds like, then by all means, keep . . .

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Broadcast :: Echo’s Answer

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The word 'perfect' gets totted around all too frequently when discussing music, pop or otherwise, but in the world of Broadcast I would say "Echo's Answer" is just about there. Culled from group's 1999 debut lp, The Noise Made by People, it's also one of my favorite Trish Keenan vocals. Utilizing a spartan, minimalist approach the track, now twelve years old, remains as timeless . . .

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Norman Petty :: That “Clovis Sound”

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2011 has been the year of two star-bloated tribute albums to Buddy Holly–this year would have been his 75th if the music hadn’t died. Every time there’s an occasion to contemplate Buddy’s behemoth legacy, it’s difficult not to mention Norman Petty, the man behind the boards for the Holly recordings between 1956 and 1958. Petty wrote some chart-toppers of his own during the ‘50s. The spoils of which provided the capital to start his homespun become a member or log in.

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